Hook.



A. K. LOVELL.

HOOK. APYLIGATION FILED NOV. 28, 1905. RENEWED OCT. 10, 1908.

m fifwo Patented. m 18, 1909.

WITNESSES l I I 3 3 ATTORNEY l: as M ALBERT K. LOVELL, OF'NEW Hi'iVEN,CONNECTICUT.

.HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 28, 1905, Serial No. 2859,4195. RenewedGotober 10, 1908. Serial No.-%E,171.

and State of Conne ticut, have invented c er .tzun new and usefu.Improvements in Hooks,-

, of which thefollowing is a specification.

tion reference is bad to the" accompanying My invention relates to onimprovement in hooks for chains and othetemelogous purposes. v

To enable others to understand in invendrawings in which:

Figure 1-is a side elevation of the hook closed, and broken sectionalview of eltsin links attached-thereto; Fig. 2-is n side}elevation of thehook partially opened: Fig. 3 is e side elevation of the hook fullyopened: Fig. 4-is an edge elevation of the closed liook and brokenscctionloin-chain therein looklng 1n the direction of' arrow 1 of Fig.3..

Itsconstructionj iid operation are as fol- The hook is composed of thetwo members 1' and 2 pitfotally supported in close working relation toeach other on thelrlouhlo heeded pin- 3. The bills, 1 and 2 of the. hookare xsctly alike so that, when they register with each other, as shownat Figs. 1 and 4, they forn1,'p1'ecticelly, a-single hill.

The lower ends of the members 1 and 2 are bent in opposite directions toform. the artially closed eycsfl and 5. The ends of t ese lower curvedportions of the hook, stand away from the main body of the hook merrybers farenou h to form the spaces (1 a so es to admit a lin or ring ofany size chain that the hook would be adapted for.

To remove a link or ring, to which the links of a. chain are attached,from the eve of the hook, the hook members are part-loll opened by aslight lateral pressure whi 1 causes them to slide one upon the otheruntil the open spaces of the eye of each member coincides with eachotheras shown at Fig. 2. This will permit the ring 6 to be carried up intothe bill portion of the. hook. Then the hookis fully opened as shown atFig. 3 to form the open space d for the entire removal of the ring fromthe hook. To insert a link or ring, the hook is openerlss at Fig. 3 toed- Init the ring within the bill, of the member 1, then partisllvolosetl, as at Fig. 2,.to admit the ring to the eye of each memberforming the hook, and the members are then fully closed as at Fig. 1 toform, practically, a s1ngle hook. When the members are thus closed, theopen in the eye of one mem- 7 her "will be closed or shut ofi by themeeting face of the opposite member, thus forming, practically, e singleeye. lifhile it is not possihlethat the"hook can he accidentally opened,especially when the bill portion is engaged vmth an object, lint to t.any lateral motion of the members, nta-tion 7 may he formed in the outerour: of the hill of the member 1 so to form projection on the meetingface of said member, combined with the indentation in v the meeting faceof the'memher 2. The shove clcscriheo. two part hook has all theadvantages, so for as strength and (lore hilit y is concerned, s hookmode of a single piece of metal, hut it also an caddi tionol advantageover the single hook in that it can he readily attached detached fromchain, while single hook with its close eye cannot be.

will, oi course be understood that the pivotal point of the'nook' couldhe loo-steel ot the hill at the eye as show. n, which change wouldnecessitate making *ider open in the loop wh'eh forms the eye car 1member.

y i thus desoriherl my invention whet lcioim es n and ibSl to secure byLettors Patent ll hook formed of members, eech formed at single piece ofmetal, a curved hill of the same shape formed in one end of each memberand in the same direction and adapted to registertogether to form a.single bill when closed, a partially closed loop formed by bending theother end of each member in opposite directions to lorm on eye, meansfor pivoteily connecting said members at the eye end of the hook sothat,

said members may be rotated-on their pivotel supports to receive oriliseherge a. ring or link from the eye of the hook, forlthe purpose setforth.

Fairheld' and Eta-rte of Connect-lent this 13th in county ofv

